A form of tomography in which information is collected from beams of acoustic radiation that have passed through an object (e.g., soil). One can speak of thermo-acoustic tomography when the heating is realized by means of microwaves, and of photo-acoustic tomography when optical heating is used.
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(2011). Acoustic Tomography. In: Gliński, J., Horabik, J., Lipiec, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Agrophysics. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3585-1_504
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